The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, January 21, 1909, Page 7

on memes 2 SRR PRN ERIN oR rr. SLS LA Se — gy Je ei ei eX eee eer 7 2 7 One lot Men’s Suits PI tt st One lot Men’s Suits One lot Men’s Suits a) a) a 2 One lot Men’s Suits Formerly sold for $7.50, now... Formerly sold for $12.50, now. Fotmerly sold for $15, now SNYSSSSSSLSLALALSLASLSASISLLAL AA. EP ISALAAPIL SS THE DAYLIGHT STORE Our Great Annual Before Inventory SALE . $3.75 Formerly sold for $10, now...... $5.00 $6.25 “One Lot Men’s Overcoats Formerly sold from $10 to $25 170 Boys’ Knee Pants Suits Formerly $2.50, $3, $4 and $5 Now Half Price Now Half Price SHIRTS! 5, Sv ga gn Gu gu gn Qu A ee LEAK MeD eed eD DoDD DDD Dab —$— SHIRTS! $2, $1.50 and $1 Stiff Bosom Shirts Now 35c, three for $1 $2.00 grade Flannel Shirts, now 1.50 grade Flannel Shirts, now. 1.00 grade Flannel Shirts, now mene | Is Now on, and will Positively Close There has never been a sale in Butler that offered such REAL BARGAINS. We quote a few of the many bargains here: 78 Pairs Boy’s Shoes Formerly sold at $1.50, $2 and $2.50 Now 98c All Men’s and Boys’ Boots and High Cut Shoes 25 PER CENT OFF q anuary 2/7, 1909 ce Felt Boots i R lar $3.75 | SERVOCTER ENTE: $2.75 Now Half Price ae ss... 2°50 : a oc ee Regular 3.00 grade.............. 2.00 One Lot Boys’ Overcoats — Formerly $3 to $6 Overshoes Now Half Price $1.75 grade cut to...........6. 6085 $1.35 1.65 grade cut to................. 1.25 1.50 grade cut to..............08. Mens’ Corduroy Pants $3.00 grades now...... onecenas $2.25 2.50 grades now. . L750 200 Pairs Knee Pants 2.00 grades now. 1.45 Formerly 50c to $1 1.50 grades now.. 1.15 Underwear Boys’ and Men’s 50c grades now $ .35 75 $1.00 grades now..... 1.50 grades now. All Sweaters—one third off. Lined Gloves—one fourth off. Men’s and Boys’ Caps—one fourth off. On the Corner—The Center of Town. Many other bargains too numerous to mention here will be offered in this Sale. Come early and buy all your needs for next year. American Clothing House 5 ; § Black & Arnold Clothing Co. Frank Welch bought the H. H.| Edward Dutcher, of Warrensburg | Miss May Bard, who is conducting | . Lechner 120 acre farm, northwest of|has accepted a position with theja millinery storeat Republic, Mo., 8.8. Fox, of Elkhart, tavored us Butler, the consideration being $90/ Walton Trust Company of Butler. | passed through Butler Saturday o: while in the city on Monday. peracre, Mr. Welch turned his clty |, He is the eon of Prof. C. H. Dutcher, | her way to visit her parents, Mr. an: Get our prices before you buy —| property in on the deal. ,one of the largest stockholders {nj Mrs. W. J. Bard,in Homer township Black & Arnold Clothing Co. Mrs. E. L. Blaine orders her paper changed from Carthoge, Mo., to Standard, La. Feed McCannon’s Poultry Com pound to your chickens ne high for your eggs. 4s* L. A. FULLER, Selemen. he weather for the past week has n gloomy and threatening, but oom ond about all the snow has disappeared. Keep “comin” {n prices right on suits, overcoats, shoes, overshoes, _ anderwear.—Black & Arnold Cloth- ing Co. Rex Heinlein fell downstairs at his home in Kansas City lest Friday and sustained a fracture of the ankle bone. Mr. baby, of Hudson township, were in Butler Monday, and Mr. Hunt com- plimented Tue Times. Mrs. S. H. Weddle, we learn, is very low with pneumonia, at her country home southwest of Butler. | Her many friends hope for her speedy recovery. Three trampe were tried before Jus- tice Jeter on Friday for breaking in- to the Tripp school house, found pects of trespaseing on public prop- “7 and given sixty days each in jail. . Wanvep:—Rellable, energetic man to sell lubricating ofls, greases and paints in Bates county and adjoin- {ng counties. Salary or commis- sion.—Fatrfax Rofining Co., Cleve- land, O. ig? The Hiram Nichols Shoe Company has purchased the Poffenbarger & Douglass stock of boots and shoes, which is now belng involced. ‘This and Mrs. Chas. G. Hunt and | leaves the Nichole the only exclusive boot and shoe store in the city. Mrs. Fannie Welle, of Garber, | Okla., sends us remittance to set her 1910. Mr. F. M. Famuliner has purchased | subscription ahead to property in Butler and will move his‘ and Mrs. Geo. C. Wells own a confec- amily to the city. farm near Virginia. He owns a fine | | tlonary in that town and are doing ‘ well. ‘thas company. Julian Weeks, who has been visit- ing hie parents Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Weeks, left Tuesday evening for South McAlister to resume his posi- tion with the Central Coal and Coke Company. Mrs. A. J. Hagebusch has kept an accurate record of the eggs she sold in 1908, says the Rockville Booster. The highest price recelved was 27% cents, the lowest 11 cents. Thetotal for the year amounted to the neat sum of $360 90. N. B. Conrad assumed editorial charge of the Henry County Republic last week. Mr. Conard was prosecut- ing attorney for the past two years, one of those political accidents that occasionally happen, even in Bates county. é J.D, Maddy, writing to have his paper changed from QOseuma, to Fairland, Okla., in order to take ad- vantage of rural free delivery, says they have a fine, smooth prairie country, about fitty miles southwest Joplin. Mineral found in several places in his county. She will go to St. Louis to purchase good before returning to Republic. Judge J. Fletcher Smith, of Butler, has been in town the past day or two! visiting the “acenes of hischildhood” and mingling with many old friends Judge Smith was mayor of the town several terms in the early days and no doubt is still attached to {ts an- elent landmarks.—Rich Hill Review. Thomas McComb, Jr., of Rich Hill, aged 38 years, died Sunday last of pneumonia, at Bloomington, Iils., | where he was visiting relatives and friends. His sister, Miss Lizzie Mc- Comb, was with him at the last. The | body was returned to Rich Hill for) interment. In the case of Dr. C. A. Lusk ve. | the Missourt Pacific Railway Co.,| tried at Harrisonville lass week, where it had been taken on a change of venue, the jury returned a verdict tor Dr. Lusk, giving him $1,000. | The suit grew out of the burning of Dr. Lusk’s drug store and residence at Nyhart, in 1902. that sparks from one of the compa- | ny’s engines caused the fire, W.B Weeks, popular de lerk, received a flat he om the Buxton-Skinner Book and Stationery Ce f Ss. Loufs, to on the road, with territory covering Mr Weeks of office uby ¢ Oklahoma acd Kansas decided to fous his term « A big steam drilling machine was unloaded on the Mo. Pac. right-of-! way In this elty to-day. It 1s under- stood the machinecame from Girard, Kane, and {sto be used in putting down adeep prospect hole on the} Elf Morris land in the Carbon Center nelghborhood.—Rich Hill Review. A Bates county man in the recent election loss $14 by his own vote He beta friend that Bullock would | beat Beard for sheriff by one hun- | dred votes, but sald he was golng to vote for Beard. He did, and Bullock was elected by 99. Had he votedfor Bullock he would have won,—Rich Hill Tribune. R. A. Robinson was to have been \tried for insanity before Probate | Judge Silvers, Wednesday, but the case was postponed. Robinson {fs the man who was mixed up in the Bill Daniels hanglug scrape, and re- jcently arrested for whipping his dl- vorced wite with a rawhlde.—Hume | Telephone. A call has been made for the an- |nual convention of the 22nd district |W. ©. T. U. at Liberal, Missour!, on | January 28 29, 1909. The W.C T | C women of the 22nd district, com ! prising the counties of Bates, Vernon j}and Barton are urged to attend, An [interesting program has been pre | pared. F. M. Woods was a pleasant caller while in the city the last of the week, }and had bis dates set ahead. Marion wore that emile that never comes off and sald he wasn’t missingany good | opportunities for telling the people that hie dectded choice tor next Dem- jocratic nomination for Recorder is F. M. Woods, Deputy county clerk W. B. Weeks kindly furnished us the figures for the article under the caption “A few figures worth your while.” He also furnishes us a copy of the abstract ofthe assessment books of Bates county of 1909, together with the assessment of banks and trust com- panies of the county for all of which he will accept our thanks. Hon. Lawrence M. Griffith orders hie paper changed to the state capi tal, whore he can be found laboring for the best interests of the people of Bates county and the whole state. Mr. Griffith fs making a very credita- ble representative and wields a large influence in the house. Being on the minority side will, of course, be a handy-cap for thia session. The State Board of Rallroad and Warehouse Commissfoners, at a | meeting in Jefferson City last week, | reorganized by electing Frank B. Wightman chairman. I¢ has long | been customary to elect the oldest member in point of service, Mr- | Wightman {fs the only Republican | member of the Board. John A. Knott ‘and Rube Oglesby are the Demo- lcratle members. Thos, Bradbury was re elected Secretary. R. Well died at his home tn Ss. | Louis on lass Thursday, Jany. 14th 1909, in his 81st year. Funeral ser- | vices were held on Sunday, largely | attended. Mr. Weil was prominent ,{n business Jewish circlesin thatcity. For many fears in the seventies R. Weil conducted the only exclusive | boot and shoe store in Butler. He resided in St. Louis the greater part ,of the tlme, however and had his |} on Adotphus in charge of his store | here. Jim Sacre called while in Butler Saturday and had his subscription | ees ahead, as has been his practice for the past quarter of a century, and Jim’s not an old man yet, by any means, but his young appear- ance may be attributable to the soothing effect of reading Tue Times |during all those years. Those who feel themselves growing old might | profit by Jim’s and 2500 others’ ex | perlences. An old man named Royston was struck bya train in the rallroad yards at Rich Hill Friday and killed. He was 8 poor man, with a wile and children, and was picking up coal ‘along the rail road track, A local | train was blowing off steam which prevented the old man from hearing ‘the incoming passenger. He was struck by the pilot beam of the en- gine and thrown about twenty feet. He was still conscious when picked | up and lived several hours. The Re- view says he was a quiet, inoffensive, | | ple of Rich Hill. Tt was alleged | industrious man and the awful aal | dent was a great shock to the peo: t nn a ee ee iperiniendens of Publie vard A Gass has taken tin for k in securing and au re iui Mi ob for the educa hits a » Missourt! State Fair, t ' at Sedalia, October 2 to 8, 1909. Last year onlyabout $200 was ctven, this year |Supt. Gass has tnduced the manage- [ment to offer $1,000, and a corre- spondingly better exhibit will be made. Write Mr Gass at Jefferson Cisy for premium list and rules re- warding entries -ifave she school of yourdistrics represented at the State Fair. One of the worst wrecks {n rall- roading in the west occurred on the Rio Grande, near Glenwood Springs, Col, lasts Saturday evening, where passenger and freight trains met head on. Seventy-tive were killed, tn- cluding men, women and children and as many more were Injured, The greatest fatality occurred tn the day coach, which was telescoped. The three sleeping cars remained on the track and were not badly damaged. The wounded were taken to Glen- wood Springs, where proper medical attention was given them. E, C. Webster, proprietor of the big Webster ranch and shooting pre- serves, at Athol, was a business call- er the last of the week, He is adver- tsing a sale of his personal effects on next Wednesday and expecta to cut up his ranch into smaller farms and sell or rent them, reserving @ aub- stantial tracts where the ble lake ta for hls own use, He sald that the fire, which recently burned hie big club house, was evidently caused by Hghtning. Mr. Webster fs not easily discouraged by misfortune, and Im- mediately remodeled an outbuilding {nto substantial residence {nto which he moved his tamtly, ITS NO USE TALKING IF YOU WANT A if i At a Bargain Go where you get them at COST WHILE THE Big Sale is going on AT Joe Meyer THE CLOTHIER